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20KALEIDOSCOPE • Issue101am, Madigan Cotteril
Lucky Youby Lavinia Lindsay“Is that really a hickey?”“It’s a burn from my straightener. I was running late.”James wanted to believe her so he did. It was him who suggested they meet today. Hechanged the subject.“How was you week? Are you adjusting well?” On Facebook, he saw that she hadspent the last month of summer with girls and guys he’d never seen, holding beer she’d neverdrunk and wearing clothes she’d never worn. He didn’t want to hear anything about it. Shetold him her week was fine and she was adjusting fine. Her house still had mold in the basement,but other than that everything was fine. The waitress brought over their waters andmenus, which were small and single sided. They both always ordered chicken, but they bothsat quiet and read the other options.“To be honest, I might drop out” she said. She was stirring the ice in her water with thestraw. “Like, you and I used to study really well together, but things are different now. And beforeyou, I never really liked school. I think I just want to travel.” Emma would always say recklessthings like this. Like she was finally going to get that tattoo, or finally pierce her nipple, orfinally drink an entire bottle of wine by herself. She wanted James to elope with her last year,but like the nipple she never pierced, it was only half true.“You say that every year,” he said into the menu.“Yeah, well this is the year. My year. And why not? I’m free. You know those stupidsayings about birds learning to use their wings? Well I finally feel like I can use mine. Like, I canfinally fly. No offence.” He heard bird sayings because her sister got really high at a music festivallast summer and called Emma to tell her she should unclip her wings and fly away to herdestiny. Emma hung up and complained about how stupid the bird metaphor was and howshe wished her sister were only her half sister or something.“You never struck me as a bird type,” he said.“To be fair I never struck you as much of anything.” She was smearing the condensationfrom her glass around her palms and looking at him. That wasn’t true, but he didn’t knowwhat to say. She did strike him as something. He just never knew what. The waitress came backand they ordered their chicken. She asked for the salad, he got the vegetables. She reachedout her finger and let an orange ladybug hike across her knuckle. James always thought theorange ones bite. Then he thought how gross it was that a bug made it inside.“Have you been to your counselor?” He asked.21Issue 10 • KALEIDOSCOPE
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